Didier Tabuteau, a surprise nomination at head of Council of State

At 63 years, this specialist in public health issues was appointed, Wednesday, January 5, in the Council of Ministers Vice-President of the Institution of the Royal Palace, of which he presided over the Social Section.

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This is a nomination that the first concern had not even imagined before the President of the Republic receives it to evoke it, Tuesday, January 4th. Didier Tabuteau, 63, was appointed at the head of the Council of State at the Council of Ministers on Wednesday. President of the Social Section of the Institution of the Palais-Royal since June 2018, he is also a teacher in Sciences Po, where he is responsible for the health chair, and co-director of the law and health institute.

This specialist in public health and social security issues did not post the succession of Bruno Lasserre, whose term ended Tuesday. His name had never been mentioned by the visitors of the evening of Matignon or the Elysee.

Emmanuel Macron has precipited things, while the vacancy announced at the head of the state council was likely to be listed. According to the official formula of the Council of Ministers, Mr Tabumeau was appointed “on the proposal of the custody of the seals, Minister of Justice”. In fact, this strategic appointment is traditionally a prerogative of the President of the Republic. In this case, the decision was made in consultation with Prime Minister Jean Castex, who knew this state advisor, unlike Mr. Macron.

Reassure the Council of State

To get out of the stalemate to which the different names mentioned or tested in recent weeks had led, mm. Macron and Castex have agreed, Monday, January 3 afternoon, on a three-name short-list, has been learned from close source. Jean-Paul Fundère, the former Cabinet director of François Fillon in Matignon, often quoted as favorite, was not there. These three personalities were auditioned by the head of state, which quickly sliced.

The choice is made to reassure the Council of State, with an obvious continuity of the action carried out by Mr. Lasserre. Didier Tabeltau, as the outgoing vice-president, had a career with very operational functions outside the illustrious home and a traditional course on the interior of it. “Coming from a very modest environment, it is one of the examples of success of the Republican elevator,” rejoices Jean-Denis Combrexelle, President of the Litigation Section and former President of the Social Section, where Mr. Tabuteau had Successful. “I am the fruit of the school of the Republic and loving parents”, sums up with modesty the person concerned, whose father had started with a CAP and the saleswoman in a business.

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